September 11 (2003) more movies like this

directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amos Gitai, Claude Lelouch, Danis Tanovic, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Mira Nair, Samira Makhmalbaf, Sean Penn, Shohei Imamura, Youssef Chahine

In the aftermath of the tragedies on September 11, 2001, the French film company Studio Canal called upon a group of filmmakers, representing various regions of the world, to address the scope of the situation in however broad or intimate a context as they saw fit. The one guideline they were given was that no one film could exceed 11 minutes, ...

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An Egyptian Story (1982) more movies like this

directed by Youssef Chahine
featuring Nour El Cherif

The critically acclaimed Youssef Chahine wrote, directed, and produced this autobiographical movie about his filmmaking career and the Egyptian political scene as it evolved at the same time he was growing and changing as a director. His memories are prompted by a moment on the operating table when he is about to go under anesthesia for heart ...

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Alexandria Again and Forever (1989) more movies like this

directed by Youssef Chahine
featuring Yousra, Youssef Chahine

In the third and final film in director Youssef Chahine's Alexandria trilogy, the director plays Yehia, a filmmaker who joins in a hunger strike organized by technicians protesting the inequities of the Egyptian film industry. While struggling for better conditions for his fellow workers, Yehia also finds himself obsessed with both Amir (Amr ...

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Alexandria ...Why? (1979) more movies like this

directed by Youssef Chahine
featuring Nagla Fathi, Fareed Shawki, Ezzat El Alaily, Gerry Sundquist, Mohsen Mohiedine

Youssef Chahine directed this drama about lovers struggling to find happiness in Egypt during the chaos of World War II. Yehia (Mohsen Mohiedine) is a teenage boy who is fascinated with the glamour of Hollywood movies, and he escapes into a rich fantasy world to free himself from the horror around him. But as he learns more about the horrors of ...

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The Emigrant (1994) more movies like this

directed by Youssef Chahine
featuring Yousra, Mahmoud Hemida, Michel Piccoli, Safia el-Emari

The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell ...

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The Other (1999) more movies like this

directed by Youssef Chahine
featuring Nabila Ebeid, Mahmoud Hémeida, Hanane Tork, Hani Salama, Lebleba

Egyptian director Youssef Chahine exposes the links between power and fanaticism and denounces intolerance in this bitter portrait of the Egyptian business world, where unconditional drive for money rules. Adam (Hani Salama), the son of a rich businessman and his American wife, meets Hanane (Hanane Turk), a journalist of modest means at the ...

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